Best band/artist on the Creation Records roster POLL.

Voted Ride as the essence of Creation.

^ this - Ride were kind of like a Frankenstein hybrid of all that was good abt the Creation roster, and I'm voting for them on that basis (even tho MBV is the obv frontrunner)

Ride and Boo Radleys have my favorite albums. I probably like the apparently much reviled Wake Up! the best (I'm from America, where nobody heard it) but would pick Ride overall.

The Boo Radleys are my second favorite band of all time!

2. Super Furry Animals
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain
4. Ride
5. Teenage Fanclub
6. Primal Scream
7. My Bloody Valentine
8. Swervedriver
9. Slowdive
10. Adorable

No takers for 18 Wheeler? XD !!!

They were in my top ten actually. But then I'm odd like that.

Swervedriver is definitely my favorite from this list. I would also consider Sugar, but I think of them more as a Rykodisc band.

Other - The Loft!

(tho voted JAMC)

Don't forget that Bernard Butler, Nick Heyward and Kevin Rowland were also on the label briefly... although I guess many might want to! :P

Hmmm, I have massive residual love for (especially) Primal Scream, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Boos, and low-level longterm admiration for SFA, but I think MBV will win for me.

Voted Ride. What they released between January 1990 and March 1991 was awe inspiring and incredibly beautiful to me when I was 15.

Trying hard to think of a British guitar album from the 90's that is better than Nowhere.

Also: Fuck Oasis. Jesus.

keep in mind I know jack shit about this scene

classic: My Bloody Valentine

great: The Jesus & Mary Chain, Saint Etienne

ok I guess: Slowdive, Ride, Momus, Super Furry Animals

yawn: Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, The Boo Radleys

fuck this: The House Of Love, Sugar

fun to make fun of: Oasis, most of the above

should listen to: Felt

who?: Swervedriver, Adorable, 18 Wheeler, BMX Bandits, Heavy Stereo, The Telescopes, The Lilac Time, The Membranes, Silverfish, 3 Colours Red

i'm going with swervedriver.

though i do like the adorable album i have a lot, and actually, those bernard butler albums are rather lovely as well.

I love Felt too but my absolute favourite stuff by them was on Cherry Red.

― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree with this sentiment, but their creation stuff still towers over this list of 75% total ass

Nobody's gonna rep for Silverfish? I adored "Fat Axl" when it came out.

Were they the only Creation band that the Kerrang! set could get into?

I mean at the time, not like "well, all these shoegaze black metallers love that stuff" line. I don't recall reading anything about most of this list in the UK metal press.

(reading list more thoroughly) I take that back: Sugar was adored by the metal press if I recall correctly. Who I will vote for because My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain will get enough votes without me contributing and "Copper Blue" remains one of the most-played albums in my life ever.

3 Colours Red also got coverage in Kerrang iirc, and I wouldn't be surprised if Swervedrier got reviewed in there either

Kerrang covered Sugar, and it was quite high in the RAW AOY list
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/raw.htm

Nah c'mon this list is at most 20% total ass

are we judging this on the records these bands actually released on Creation, cos JAMC would just be Upside Down 7" & Munki, pretty threadbare pickings really
then again just the Kaleidoscope World comp is making me want to vote Chills

Voted The House of Love. The first great album on Creation.

Good choice, although I prefer the later version of 'Shine On' to the one they did for Creation.

xpost. Upside Down b/w Vegetable Man kind of is better than most bands' careers. Isn't the Creation documentary called "Upside Down?"

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LOL!!

Happy to fly the only Adorable flag but this poll reminded me that I've never looked into the Boo Radleys.

Seeing the rather good Lilac Time all the way at the bottom there makes me kind of sad.

Yes, Lilac Time are rather wonderful. The last album was the first subpar outting. New album "Lilac9" due this spring.

my bloody valentine would be best on almost any label. what a shame crispy ambulance were on factory. what was the band that covered themselves in orange paint in the video. they were the second best.

oasis has beaten the jesus & mary chain.

two sets of brothers in brutal no holds barred bare knuckle bare chested bestial combat

what was the band that covered themselves in orange paint in the video. they were the second best

I vaguely remember that. "You make the sun...(something or other)...". It wasn't very good.

'Shine'? I bet it was 'You make the sun shine'

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But it was actually "burst for me".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJj4T3BjQNE

Tangerine guy Mark Dumais was previously in an indie band called Crash with Kurt Ralske of Ultra Vivid Scene - had an ex who was obsessed with this song by them http://youtu.be/h04dAMBNe0s

My vote wouldve lifted oasis above momus, which wouldve been something at least

no them being forced to share a lowly position with pervy nick gives me indescribable pleasure

Ugh.

Primal Scream deserve a bit more acclaim than this, surely. Might be a good time to get the Give Out But Don't Give Up reappraisal moving.

the rolling stones tribute album?

Ah, but it was so, so much more than that (disclosure: I haven't heard it)

would've voted telescopes, check out the live.aftertaste thing (it's on spotify under "singles" i think) to get an idea of what they're edoing live these days, loud brutal rad guitars, RIFFS, love those guys

Kind of surprised there's 5 other people who voted SFA.

Was hoping that someone would have at least namechecked the Jazz Butcher. (voted Telescopes myself)

or The Legend! - what an artist that was

Doesn't surprise me at all that My Bloody Valentine topped the poll, but it has surprised me that there was only one vote for Primal Scream... and I speak as someone who doesn't rate Primal Scream all that highly (I have a soft spot for early Primal Scream, mind).

Yeah - I know they're kind of at peak unfashionability these days, but Screamadelica always has admirers and I thought that xtrmntr and some of their later stuff was quite well-regarded.

it is. but its ilm

Yeah, I was pretty much thinking along similar lines! I'm not a big fan of either Screamadelica or XTRMNTR but I'm aware that those albums have plenty of fans. Oasis aren't terribly fashionable at the moment either, and probably haven't been for many years, but they still managed to put in a better performance, which makes me go "wut?". I can't help but suspect that at least one person voted Oasis just for 'teh LOLz', but then again, who knows?

actually the only good vocalist was Lawrence

You can understand Oasis provoking apathy - more difficult to understand them provoking anything else tbh - but Primal Scream have done enough stupid stuff that you'd think someone would stick up for the rest.

Was toying with the idea of updating his wikipedia entry to mention that train journey.

I'm surprised it's not there already, it covers everything else

you'll enjoy this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DPe-2HuApE

My god, I've heard that before

Good God (xp)

Apparently he's still working on the follow-up

According to wikipedia he comes from Chelmsford. You wouldn't guess it from his accent.

Apparently he spent so long over the mix of 73 in 83 that Coppola ended up having to use 'The End' instead

Ditto for Tarantino with Little Green Bag

his review of southpaw grammar was good but had nothing on steve sutherland's review of kill uncle. Simply amazing.

Would an ET ballot poll work?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8p0tmdtoz1qcw9y0o1_500.jpg

Would've given the Membranes their only vote, if I'd seen this before now.

never really think of the membranes as a creation band, did they put out much stuff with them?

one LP

What did people make of the weather prophet's version of spooky?

I have it down as being by the Jazz Butcher

Lol my memory fails me yet again